About Silverstein Properties

Silverstein Properties, Inc. (SPI) is a privately-held, full-service real estate development, investment and management firm based in New York. Founded in 1957 by Chairman Larry Silverstein, SPI has developed, owned, and managed more than 35 million square feet of office, residential, hotel, and retail properties in the United States.

The company is known for developing first-class projects, repositioning older buildings, and providing first-rate services that enhance value for investors and quality of life for tenants.

From completing the largest real estate transaction in New York City's history for the lease on the World Trade Center to opening 7 World Trade Center, New York City's first LEED-certified office tower, Silverstein Properties has been regarded as one of the nation's most respected real estate firms.

CTBUH Visits 1WTC, 4WTC and 7WTC
21 May 2014, New York City
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Tour
Report
Just six months after CTBUH confirmed One World Trade Center's height, Executive Director Antony Wood and Events Manager Jessica Rinkel toured the building.

New York’s New Delirium
Oct 2013, New York City
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Tour
Report
At least five once-in-a-lifetime multi-acre projects are underway in New York. CTBUH Editor Daniel Safarik reports on his journey to investigate further.

CTBUH 4th Annual Awards Contributor
18 Oct 2005, New York City
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Awards Event
The CTBUH 4th Annual awards ceremony and dinner was held in the Astor Ballroom of the New York Marriott Marquis Hotel.

CTBUH Annual Conference, Keynote Speaker, 2015
New York City, United States

CTBUH Resources Involving Silverstein Properties

Award Winners & Award of Excellence Recipients

The CTBUH Awards recognize projects and individuals that have made extraordinary contributions to the advancement of tall buildings and the urban environment, and that achieve sustainability at the highest and broadest level.

Videos

Five Minutes With: Carla Swickerath
9 Jul 2018 –
Monthly Video Series;
Carla Swickerath, Studio Daniel Libeskind
Carla Swickerath, Partner, Studio Libeskind, sat down with CTBUH to discuss the design approach and urban impact of the World Trade Center complex in New York City, for which Studio Libeskind was the master planner.

A New Urban Space for Lower Manhattan
31 May 2018 –
Presentation at CTBUH 2018 Chicago Tall+Urban Conference;
Larry Silverstein, Silverstein Properties; Carla Swickerath, Studio Daniel Libeskind
In 2002, the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (LMDC) announced a competition for a master plan to develop 6.5 hectares in Lower Manhattan destroyed by the terrorist attack of 9/11. The “Memory Foundations” design won the commission. There was…

Rebuilding New York City in a Time of Crisis
30 May 2018 –
Presentation at CTBUH 2018 Chicago Tall+Urban Conference;
Larry Silverstein, Silverstein Properties
Larry Silverstein is a developer and real estate investor whose lifetime of work has produced countless contributions to the field of tall buildings. He has overseen the development and management of 3.7 million square meters of office, residential,…

Quay Quarter Tower: Humanizing the High-Rise
30 Oct 2017 –
Presentation at CTBUH 2017 Australia Conference;
Kim Nielsen, 3XN
Quay Quarter Tower (QQT) will create a stunning new building on the Sydney skyline that sets new benchmarks in office tower design globally and creates an exemplary international commercial address. The tower is the antithesis of the prevailing…

From San Diego to Guangzhou: The Story of Marketing Tall Buildings
19 Oct 2016 –
Presentation at CTBUH 2016 China Conference;
William Murray, Wordsearch
One of the keys to attracting buyers and tenants for a contemporary tall building is a succinct marketing strategy and a robust understanding of how to brand real estate and architecture through print and digital media. With the advent of new tools,…

Monthly Video: Bjarke Ingels
15 Apr 2016 –
Monthly Video Series;
Bjarke Ingels, BIG
Bjarke Ingels, BIG, discusses new building parameters and how they have influenced the design of two of New York City's most unique projects, 2 World Trade Center and VIA 57 West.

Social Infrastructure
27 Oct 2015 –
Presentation at CTBUH 2015 New York Conference;
Bjarke Ingels, Bjarke Ingels Group
With the rise of technological solutions, the practice of architecture is often divorced from the cultural, social, and environmental contexts where we build. Buildings have become closed systems, connected to life-support machinery that compensates…

Interview: Bjarke Ingels
27 Oct 2015 –
2015 New York Conference Interviews;
Bjarke Ingels, Bjarke Ingels Group
Bjarke Ingels of Bjarke Ingels Group is interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2015 CTBUH New York Conference at the Grand Hyatt New York. Bjarke discusses the design process for buildings in construction and the future of design.

Interview: Douglas Durst
6 Nov 2014 –
2014 Awards Ceremony/Symposium Interviews;
Douglas Durst, The Durst Organization
Douglas Durst is the chairman and a member of the third generation to lead The Durst Organization, one of New York’s oldest and most respected privately held owner-builder-managers of commercial and residential real estate, including One World Trade…

Monthly Video: Douglas Durst
6 Nov 2014 –
Monthly Video Series;
Douglas Durst, The Durst Organization
Douglas Durst is the chairman and a member of the third generation to lead The Durst Organization, one of New York’s oldest and most respected privately held owner-builder-managers of commercial and residential real estate, including One World Trade…

Selling Tall: The Branding and Marketing of Tall Buildings
19 Sep 2012 –
Presentation at CTBUH 2012 9th World Congress, Shanghai;
William Murray Wordsearch
Tall buildings are important brands – creating both value and recognition for the cities and countries that create them. We have a duty to ensure that the messaging, marketing and communications match the importance, complexity, professionalism, hard…

One World Trade Center: A New Icon Rises at Ground Zero
Oct 2011 –
Presentation at CTBUH 2011 Seoul Conference;
Nicholas Holt, SOM
Nicholas Holt from SOM New York presents on re-establishing the culture grid after the effects of September 11th. He speaks on the master plan, how 7 World Trade Center was built as quickly as possible and how it served as a precedent to One World…

Papers/Research

The Global Tall Building Picture: Impact of 2018
Jan 2019 –
CTBUH Journal 2019 Issue I; CTBUH Research
In 2018, 143 buildings of 200 meters’ height or greater were completed. This is a slight decrease from 2017’s record-breaking total of 147, and it
brings the total number of 200-meter-plus buildings in the world to 1,478, marking an increase of 141…

Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2018
Dec 2018 –
CTBUH Journal 2019 Issue I; CTBUH Research
The astronomical growth in tall building construction observed over the past decade continued in 2018, though the total number
of completed buildings of 200 meters’ or greater height leveled off at 143, after hitting an all-time record of 147 in…

Using Height-Relative Variables To Design Tall Buildings
Jul 2018 –
CTBUH Journal 2018 Issue III; John Jory, Queensland University of Technology
This paper investigates height-variable phenomena in the urban context, and their relevance to the design and performance of tall buildings. It proposes a design approach relevant to variable conditions as encountered along height, demonstrates its…

Towards Resource-Generative Skyscrapers
Jul 2018 –
International Journal of High-Rise Buildings Volume 7 Number 2; Mohamed Imam & Branko Kolarevic, University of Calgary
Rapid urbanization, resource depletion, and limited land are further increasing the need for skyscrapers in city centers; therefore, it is imperative to enhance tall building performance efficiency and energy-generative capability. Potential…

The Global Tall Building Picture: Impact of 2017
Feb 2018 –
CTBUH Journal, 2018 Issue I; CTBUH Staff, CTBUH
In 2017, 144 buildings of 200 meters’ height or greater were completed. This is the fourth record-breaking year in a row, and it brings the total number of 200-meter-plus buildings in the world to 1,319, marking an increase of 12.3% from 2016, and a…

Ten Significant Tall Buildings, and the Significant Women Behind Them
8 Aug 2017 –
CTBUH Journal, 2017 Issue III; Leading Women in Tall Buildings
Recently, there has been a growing and overdue recognition in the architecture discipline that women are under-represented, not just in terms of leadership positions held, but also in terms of receiving credit for the work they have done. The tall…

Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2016
10 Jan 2017 –
CTBUH Journal, 2017 Issue I; Jason Gabel, Annan Shehadi, Shawn Ursini & Marshall Gerometta, CTBUH
CTBUH has determined that 128 buildings of 200 meters’ height or greater were completed around the world in 2016 – setting a new record for annual tall building completions and marking the third consecutive record-breaking year.

Integrated and Intelligent Buildings: An Imperative to People, the Planet and the Bottom Line
26 Oct 2015 –
The Future of Tall: A Selection of Written Works on Current Skyscraper Innovations; Kelly Romano, Mead Rusert & Hayden Reeve, United Technologies Corporation
With the impact of urbanization, larger cities, operating pressures and the rise of megatall skyscrapers, today’s new and existing buildings are increasingly being engineered as integrated systems, linking heating, ventilation and air conditioning (…

The Rise of One World Trade Center
26 Oct 2015 –
Global Interchanges: Resurgence of the Skyscraper City; Ahmad Rahimian & Yoram Eilon, WSP Group
One World Trade Center (1WTC) totaling 3.5 mil square feet of area is the tallest of the four buildings planned as part of the World Trade Center Reconstruction at Lower Manhattan in New York City. Currently it is the tallest building in the Western…

The Promise of Public Realm: Urban Spaces in the Skyscraper City
26 Oct 2015 –
Global Interchanges: Resurgence of the Skyscraper City; Stephan Reinke, Stephan Reinke Architects
This paper will reveal the importance of integrating the Ground Plane, Mid-Level and Rooftop Urban Public Spaces in the City. We will explore the NYLON New York/London axis of Urban Design, with London now emerging as a 21st C skyscraper city with…

Fire/Life Safety in High-Rise Buildings
26 Oct 2015 –
Global Interchanges: Resurgence of the Skyscraper City; James Carrigan, Brian Blicher & Laura Bennett, SYSKA Hennessy Group; Chief Ronald Spadafora, New York City Fire Department
Syska Hennessy Group and the Fire Department of the City of New York propose a paper and presentation detailing an overview of Fire/Life Safety in High-Rise Buildings in New York City. The paper will focus on a history of notable high-rise building…

New York: The Ultimate Skyscraper Laboratory
Oct 2015 –
CTBUH Journal, 2015 Issue IV; CTBUH Research
A timeline of skyscraper completions in New York uncannily resembles the boom and bust cycles of the United States in the 20th and early 21st centuries. The most active year was 1931, when the final excesses of the Roaring ‘20s were thrown skywards…

Perspectives on the Skyscraper City
Oct 2015 –
CTBUH Journal, 2015 Issue IV; New York 2015 Conference Special
To commemorate the CTBUH 2015 International Conference, some of the most prominent voices in the New York tall building industry today – all of whom are speaking at the conference – offer their perspectives on the big issues that have emerged as the…

World’s Highest Observation Decks
Aug 2015 –
CTBUH Journal, 2015 Issue III; CTBUH Research
Perhaps no element of a tall building is more closely related to the pure pleasure of standing high in the sky and taking in the view of one’s surroundings than observation decks. Often adding an important source of revenue for the structures that…

Debating Tall: A Supertall Future in the US?
27 Jan 2012 –
CTBUH Journal, 2012 Issue I; Adrian Smith, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture; Paul Beitler, Beitler Real Estate Services LLC
In 1990, only 11 buildings in the world could be counted as a “supertall” (defined as a building over 300 meters tall), and all but one could be found in the United States. By the end of 2011, the number of supertall buildings in the world had risen…

The Tallest 20 in 2020: Entering the Era of the Megatall
18 Jan 2012 –
CTBUH Journal, 2012 Issue I; Nathaniel Hollister & Antony Wood, CTBUH
Within this decade we will likely witness not only the world’s first kilometer-tall building, but also the completion of a significant number of buildings over 600 meters (around 2,000 feet) – that’s twice the height of the Eiffel Tower.

Case Study: One World Trade Center
Oct 2011 –
CTBUH Journal, 2011 Issue III; Kenneth Lewis & Nicholas Holt, SOM
The world knows what happened in Lower Manhattan on September 11, 2001. The twin towers of the World Trade Center and several other buildings were damaged or destroyed, and more than 3,000 people were killed. The ground smoldered for months.

New York City Scrapers
Aug 2011 –
CTBUH Journal, 2011 Issue III; Nathaniel Hollister, Jan Klerks & Antony Wood, CTBUH
New York’s dramatic skyline, over a century in the making, has for years been the envy of cities around the world. From the very birth of the tall building typology, New York has been at the forefront of the scene. Even as recently as the 1970s, New…

Revitalizing Lower Manhattan: World Trade Center in Context
Aug 2011 –
CTBUH Journal, 2011 Issue III; Jan Klerks, CTBUH
Almost 10 years after the destruction of the Twin Towers, the reconstruction of the World Trade Center site is in full swing. One World Trade Center, which is discussed in the case study paper in this Journal, will be the largest and tallest…

Planning The World Trade Center: 40 Years Apart
Aug 2011 –
CTBUH Journal, 2011 Issue III; Jan Klerks, CTBUH
Once completed the new World Trade Center, currently under construction, will grace New York well over 40 years since the completion of the original Twin Towers that soared over Lower Manhattan. A look at the planned development and the previous one…